Girls wary of going to college after gangrape in district

In the wake of gangrape of a teacher along a state highway here, around 50 girls from an inter college have complained to the police about eve-teasing by local youths and have said they will not go to college unless proper security arrangements are made for them.

In the wake of gangrape of a teacher along a state highway here, around 50 girls from an inter college have complained to the police about eve-teasing by local youths and have said they will not go to college unless proper security arrangements are made for them.

The girls and their parents belonging to Dhaneli and Aurangabad villages met Shahi police and said local youths make obscene comments and obstruct their movement on the road to Dunka Inter College, police station in-charge Harcharan Singh said today.

On their collective complaint, an FIR has been filed and two youths have been arrested while a hunt is underway for others, Singh said.

Dhaneli Gram Pradhan Naunesh Kumari said a similar incident took place with her two college-going daughters some days ago and has decided not to send them to college till police takes guarantee of their security.